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Donetsk

Donetsk

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A self-declared government that controls parts of Donetsk region and is not widely recognized internationally
  • proper noun
  • /dəˈnɛtsk/
translation icon : República de Donetsk
  • Ukraine's case under the ICSFT was that Russia had failed to take appropriate measures to prevent the provision of funds for the financing of terrorism in Ukraine, and that it had itself supplied weapons and other assistance to groups such as the Donetsk People's Republic that had carried out terrorist acts.
  • Donetsk Republic
  • Donetsk People
  • Donetsk region

Examples

  • The Ukrainian army has been in conflict with forces from the Donetsk People's Republic.

  • He became the minister of defence in the in the Donetsk People's Republic.

  • Why this autonomy cannot be given to, to Donetsk and to Odessa and to Galicia, to, to other places?

  • - The Donetsk People's Republic government say that moving forward there can be no communication with Kiev other than prisoner swaps that might be in the pipeline.

    Revealing Ukraine (2019)

  • Pro-government media kept telling that there were whole Russian divisions in Donbas and it was them who bombarded the urban neighborhoods of Donetsk and Luhansk.

    Revealing Ukraine (2019)

  • The negotiations for peace were led by representatives from the Donetsk People's Republic.

  • During his visit to Donetsk, he met with local leaders to discuss the political situation.

Surface Forms

Donetsk main

Etymology

Donetsk as the name of the political entity uses the same roots: Donets plus -sk, again meaning 'place of'. That's why the group calls itself Donetsk—it is named after the city and the wider area around the Donets River.